Urban Stone Soup: Stirring the pot, but where’s the meal?

I had heard a story about ‘Stone...

Delhi Court seeks police response on Bibhav Kumar’s petition

New Delhi: Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court has...

J&K gears up for panchayat, municipal elections

In the 2024 Assembly elections, the BJP...

M.J. Akbar

A cash-and-carry junket

The crisis that threatens to swamp Indian cricket has nothing to do with betting. It has everything to do with cheating.The essence of gambling...

Silence of the vultures

The only surprising fact about most corruption stories is that anyone in authority gets surprised. Everyone in charge knew that the Commonwealth Games Organising...

Silence of the vultures

The only surprising fact about most corruption stories is that anyone in authority gets surprised. Everyone in charge knew that the Commonwealth Games Organising...

Silence of the vultures

The only surprising fact about most corruption stories is that anyone in authority gets surprised. Everyone in charge knew that the Commonwealth Games Organising...

No country for confusion

The results of the Pakistan elections should be far less important than the fact that elections are taking place. There will always be theorists,...

No country for confusion

The results of the Pakistan elections should be far less important than the fact that elections are taking place. There will always be theorists,...

No country for confusion

The results of the Pakistan elections should be far less important than the fact that elections are taking place. There will always be theorists,...

Anwar is on song in Malaysia

In Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's campaign is on song, sometimes literally so. He does tend to remind his massive rallies that it's "Now...

Anwar is on song in Malaysia

In Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's campaign is on song, sometimes literally so. He does tend to remind his massive rallies that it's "Now...

Anwar is on song in Malaysia

In Malaysia, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's campaign is on song, sometimes literally so. He does tend to remind his massive rallies that it's "Now...

The will and won’t of corruption

A neuroscientist of Indian origin, V.S. Ramachandran, has noted that the human brain might get lost in variations of "free will", but can certainly...

The will and won’t of corruption

A neuroscientist of Indian origin, V.S. Ramachandran, has noted that the human brain might get lost in variations of "free will", but can certainly...

The will and won’t of corruption

A neuroscientist of Indian origin, V.S. Ramachandran, has noted that the human brain might get lost in variations of "free will", but can certainly...

Birnam Wood is not moving, yet

Macbeth, Shakespeare's most self-destructive politician, was confident that he would never lose power until Birnam Wood began to move. Since it seemed highly unlikely...

Birnam Wood is not moving, yet

Macbeth, Shakespeare's most self-destructive politician, was confident that he would never lose power until Birnam Wood began to move. Since it seemed highly unlikely...

Birnam Wood is not moving, yet

Macbeth, Shakespeare's most self-destructive politician, was confident that he would never lose power until Birnam Wood began to move. Since it seemed highly unlikely...

Spectre of justice denied

Check with the haunted: ghosts do not die. Since this sounds like the ultimate paradox, some explanation is necessary. Ghosts are not happy spirits....

Spectre of justice denied

Check with the haunted: ghosts do not die. Since this sounds like the ultimate paradox, some explanation is necessary. Ghosts are not happy spirits....

Spectre of justice denied

Check with the haunted: ghosts do not die. Since this sounds like the ultimate paradox, some explanation is necessary. Ghosts are not happy spirits....

When spin meets reality TV

It is a long way back to zero point. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was re-elected in 2009, almost the first thing he did...

When spin meets reality TV

It is a long way back to zero point. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was re-elected in 2009, almost the first thing he did...

When spin meets reality TV

It is a long way back to zero point. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was re-elected in 2009, almost the first thing he did...

It’s 11 o’clock

Arithmetic obviously matters, for democracy is a game of numbers. But there is a smarter way for a minority government to ensure stability: good...

It’s 11 o’clock

Arithmetic obviously matters, for democracy is a game of numbers. But there is a smarter way for a minority government to ensure stability: good...

It’s 11 o’clock

Arithmetic obviously matters, for democracy is a game of numbers. But there is a smarter way for a minority government to ensure stability: good...

The prologue to war

Is America planning to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the war which eliminated Saddam Hussein and destroyed Iraq with an intervention in Syria?Jaundiced Arab...

The prologue to war

Is America planning to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the war which eliminated Saddam Hussein and destroyed Iraq with an intervention in Syria?Jaundiced Arab...

The prologue to war

Is America planning to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the war which eliminated Saddam Hussein and destroyed Iraq with an intervention in Syria?Jaundiced Arab...

A Latin response to Latin America

Karol Jozef Wojtyla, the first non-Italian Pope in more than four centuries, did not get elected to the throne in 1978 merely through a...

A Latin response to Latin America

Karol Jozef Wojtyla, the first non-Italian Pope in more than four centuries, did not get elected to the throne in 1978 merely through a...

A Latin response to Latin America

Karol Jozef Wojtyla, the first non-Italian Pope in more than four centuries, did not get elected to the throne in 1978 merely through a...

Real story is the Tale of a Raja

Conspiracy is a natural morsel in the media diet, a vitamin that adds energy to a news meal generally more flat than nutritious. It...

Real story is the Tale of a Raja

Conspiracy is a natural morsel in the media diet, a vitamin that adds energy to a news meal generally more flat than nutritious. It...

Real story is the Tale of a Raja

Conspiracy is a natural morsel in the media diet, a vitamin that adds energy to a news meal generally more flat than nutritious. It...

A hole in the heart of the budget

A Union budget can help a ruling party win a general election, but only if it is a first budget, not its last. Voters...

A hole in the heart of the budget

A Union budget can help a ruling party win a general election, but only if it is a first budget, not its last. Voters...

A hole in the heart of the budget

A Union budget can help a ruling party win a general election, but only if it is a first budget, not its last. Voters...

The other half of murder

Could death be a half-truth? This question is obviously a killer's last hope and best alibi. There is enough truth in that great genre...

The other half of murder

Could death be a half-truth? This question is obviously a killer's last hope and best alibi. There is enough truth in that great genre...

The other half of murder

Could death be a half-truth? This question is obviously a killer's last hope and best alibi. There is enough truth in that great genre...

The Pope and the Caliph

Pope Benedict XVI will be remembered not for the ease of his arrival, nor for the unremarkable quality of his tenure, but for the...

The Pope and the Caliph

Pope Benedict XVI will be remembered not for the ease of his arrival, nor for the unremarkable quality of his tenure, but for the...

The Pope and the Caliph

Pope Benedict XVI will be remembered not for the ease of his arrival, nor for the unremarkable quality of his tenure, but for the...

Ghosts of the past hover over gender justice

A Supreme Court judgement may be anchored in law, but it sails a long way through the mind of judges before it becomes a...

Ghosts of the past hover over gender justice

A Supreme Court judgement may be anchored in law, but it sails a long way through the mind of judges before it becomes a...

Ghosts of the past hover over gender justice

A Supreme Court judgement may be anchored in law, but it sails a long way through the mind of judges before it becomes a...

Men are the weaker sex

The one certain fact about this uncertain business called advertising is that you can't do without it. Such compulsion does not mean this hit-and-run...

Men are the weaker sex

The one certain fact about this uncertain business called advertising is that you can't do without it. Such compulsion does not mean this hit-and-run...

Men are the weaker sex

The one certain fact about this uncertain business called advertising is that you can't do without it. Such compulsion does not mean this hit-and-run...

Why was Bose diminished on Republic Day?

We measure power through size. Check any political poster. The boss gets the biggest face. Others in the pecking order descend till the miniature...

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